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Group Name: TechnoTeach
Antonio, Daniel, Michael, Sarah, Bryan, Stacey W
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Group 3 –

Flickr Tools, Audio, Video and Presentation Tools

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Your group will be responsible for reviewing the "best" of the tools assigned to the group. You can decide what tools you will choose and who will review what tool. Include the following information in review:

• ease of use • site support • appropriate for what audiences • is there an educational version • strengths, weaknesses • ideas for use

Use the table below to organize your work:


 * < **Name of Tool** ||< **URL** ||< **Review of Tool** ||< **Reviewer:** ||
 * < Bubblr ||< http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr ||< Bubblr is an online community program that allows you to create comic strips. The program is free and targets use for teachers/students (because teachers made the tool).


 * Ease of Use:** The site offers thousands of images to use (images available through Flickr). Mostly drag and drop to create the comic strip. Text is optional but very easy to place in slides. Also, embedding the comic strip is super easy as it allows you to copy the code and paste directly to a blog.


 * Site Support:** The site is supported by Pimpampum.net but not endorsed or certified by Flickr. Donations are accepted to further the development of the site. The site also offers an archive to view completed comic strips that you may use.


 * Appropriate Audience:** Students of all ages can use this site as it is a great tool for story telling. I can even see K-2 using this tool successfully!


 * Educational Version:** Only one version is available and is already being used by many teachers/students in a variety of subjects.


 * Strengths/Weaknesses:** Simple, fun, and detailed. Comic strips were always ridiculed in classrooms when I grew up. Teachers dismissed comic books as trash literature. However, today, comics are far more accepted and considered as literary tools/outlets for students. Combining pictures and words is powerful. The weakness may lie in the dependency on Flickr for searching images. However, I have not been disappointed in the searches that I have done yet. Because it is linked to Flickr, image filtering is one area the site can improve on for the safety of students.


 * Ideas for Use:** Students can work independently (computer lab) or in small groups (classroom) to tell a story, present an idea, pitch a business plan, etc. As a teacher, I could introduce a new unit using a brief comic strip. What I like about this program is it makes things fun and students can quickly catch on with how to use the site. It requires very little instructional time to get the students started and engaged. ||< Daniel Grenier ||
 * < Flickr Five Frame Stories ||< http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstor ||< Flickr Five Frame Stories is a visual story telling site that emphasizes creative visual stories (with a title).


 * Ease of Use:** The site operates through an online community. It is quite tricky to figure out initially but like Bubblr, uses the strength of Flickr's online image database to offer users endless possibilities. The stories are also available for public viewing when published.


 * Site Support:** The site is operated by moderators who oversee the upload, commentary, and success of the site.


 * Appropriate Audience:** The site is geared towards a mature audience (advise 12+). It is hard to envision students in elementary school to have access to such a large and diverse collection of visual stories.


 * Educational Version:** There is no educational version.


 * Strengths/Weaknesses:** I really like the idea of story telling solely through images (and a title). With use, story telling and interpretations become quite entertaining and abstract. With so many contributors (12,000+), the variety of stories makes this site really strong. However, due to it's complexity initially and public nature, careful monitoring and oversight is recommended. Not all content may be age appropriate.

1. Vuvox Collage - interactive, custom presentations that utilize Drag and Drop interfaces 2. Vuvox Studio - the most detailed and in-depth options to create a presentation 3. Vuvox Express - simplest, most straightforward interface
 * Ideas for Use:** I think there is an advantage to telling a story through 5 images. Students look and think critically. Some stories may be harder to follow than others but that makes it like a puzzle or game. In a classroom, students could use this to tell a bounty of stories (making a science project, weekend adventure, how to make macaroni and cheese, etc.). ||< Daniel Grenier ||
 * < Vuvox ||< http://www.vuvox.com ||< Vuvox is a multimedia website that allows users to combine pictures, video, audio, and text into collages/presentations. There are three options to choose from when using Vuvox:


 * Ease of Use:** Creating an account is free and you have the option to make your work public or unlisted. The site uses Flickr, Picasa and your own images as resources. Additionally, most of the editing processes are simple (Drag and Drop, Step by Step, Preview, etc.). The finished products are very impressive and professional.


 * Site Support:** There are lots of resources to get you started on Vuvox. I found the 'Explore' tab most helpful to view 'featured' and 'recent' presentations/collages.


 * Appropriate Audience:** As a professional multimedia presentation, the site is applicable to any student (K-12) all the way up to the most profitable companies in the world. Obviously, with the younger the student, the more support and assistance they will require, but they would benefit from finished products just as much as anyone else.


 * Educational Version:** There is no educational version.


 * Strengths/Weaknesses:** The site is truly impressive. The finished products are top notch and rival nearly any presentation I have seen. Also, the interface to create custom collages/presentations is welcoming to a new user. Unlike some websites that try to make it simple, Vuvox presents everything in an organized, systematic fashion. Nevertheless, the site can still overwhelm students due to the amount of options. Unfortunately, Vuvox also requires you to be online to access.


 * Ideas for Use:** Powerpoints are a thing of the past. Vuvox allows customizable presentations that can bring any subject to life with interactive, visual, and audio options. Unlike Bubblr and Flickr Five Frames, Vuvox is the complete package and offers endless possibilities for the most professional presentations imaginable. I see Vuvox gaining popularity in universities or colleges first and finding a way to trickle down through high school and middle school until elementary school. ||< Daniel Grenier ||
 * < Blabberize ||< www.blabberize.com ||< Blabberize is a site where you can upload a picture, choose a mouth to put on the picture, and make the picture look as though it is actually talking.
 * Ease of Use: ** I found this very easy to use. After signing in, it walks you right through the steps you need to make your Blabberize. You upload a picture, crop a mouth, record a noise, and then save it. Very easy to use.


 * Site Support: ** By clicking 'Browse" you are able to see thousands of other made videos. You can view them by most viewed, most liked. This gives you resources for ideas on how to make a video creative for your students.
 * Appropriate Audience: ** This tool could be used in any age group K-12, but I think best in the elementary level.


 * Is There an Educational Version: ** There is not an educational version, but this could be used for educational reasons.


 * Strengths, Weaknesses: ** This is a great tool to use for changing your instruction in the classroom. It is something that will be fun for the students, as well as something that is different to keep them engaged. Weaknesses could be the students get caught up in the video and ignore the information that is being provided.


 * Ideas for Use: ** I think a great way to use this in any class is by using a famous figure in that topic, and use the Blabberize for notes and the figure will "tell his own story" through the application. ||< Mike ||
 * < OneTrueMedia ||< www.onetruemedia.com ||< OneTrueMedia is a site where you can upload pictures and videos and by adding special effects, create amazing videos.


 * Ease of Use:** After signing up, it is very easy to use, depending on your knowledge of technology and how creative you want to be. It walks you through the basic steps, and based on your previous knowledge, you can make it as creative as you want. It also can upload it right to YouTube, or Facebook.


 * Site Support:** There are many tutorials on the site that walk you through and get you use to the material. By choosing a different style, it walks you through all of the differences you may encounter.


 * Appropriate Audience:** This is a more advanced site, I believe the appropriate audience is 8-12 grade.


 * Educational Version:** Not exactly, but this site can easily be used for educational purposes


 * Strengths, Weaknesses:** This is a great tool that gives a alternative to other video presentations such as PowerPoint. It is more advanced in the effects that are used and requires a little more background knowledge.


 * Ideas for Use:** This could be great for students to give presentations for school projects. It provides students with the education on new technology, and makes it different then the normal PowerPoint. It also could be a great way for a teacher to teach if he or she is under the weather, or lost his or her voice. ||< Mike ||
 * < PhotoPeach ||< www.photopeach.com || PhotoPeach is a tool that makes pictures come to life. You can add captions to the pictures, as well as background music throughout the presentation.


 * Ease of Use:** This site is very easy to use. It walks you through step by step of how to create a video. After uploading the images, you can upload music, and the site almost does the rest of the work for you.


 * Site Support:** Throughout the site when you are going through the steps of creating your presentation, there are tips written around that answer questions the site assumes you will have. This was very helpful for me when I was creating my video.


 * Appropriate Audience:** Audience for this could be 6-12. It is very easy to navigate through and upload the images and create the video.


 * Educational Version:** There is not an educational version, but is a great tool to use in school.


 * Strengths, Weaknesses:** This site is so easy to use, that is its main strength. It brings pictures to life and allow you to add captions and videos to create a great video.


 * Ideas for Use:** I think this could be a great way for students to introduce themselves during the first week of school. It could count as a project grade, and also you can learn a lot about your students just from the videos and music they use to create their video. It is a great alternative to students who are very shy the first week and do not want to talk in front of the class. ||< Mike ||
 * Yodio || http://www.yodio.com || Yodio is an online program that allows you add narration or other audio to photos. It requires a user to create a login during initial set up. The basic service is free with the option for royalties that come with a monthly charge. Users can record voice through the computer or by phone calling 1-877-MY-YODIO. There is no limit to length of recording; however, there is a limit to storage space available for each account. Yodios can be shared on social networks, used in websites, and emailed.


 * Ease of Use:** I found this program to be quite easy to use and set up. Once I filled in the information for my account, the site walked me through step by step in creating a Yodio. After publishing the Yodio, it then offers you the option to share it various social networks or email it. I had my account set up and created a test Yodio within 10 minutes time.


 * Site Support:** By clicking on the “How it Works” tab, there is a FAQ section which is very helpful. It really is quite simple to follow along with the instructions: click as you go. There is also an extensive list of categories that you can view other Yodios created to give you ideas.


 * Appropriate Audience:** This tool really can be used from elementary level students through senior citizen aged adults.


 * Educational Version:** There is not a designated education version per se, however, this tool could very easily be used for students elementary school through high school.


 * Strengths / Weaknesses:** The strength of this tool is that it is very easy and simple to use. Yodios can be created quickly which is a nice feature; find a picture and write a narration and it is done. The weakness is that it is almost too simple. It puts a voice to a picture and that is it. There is no modifying the picture or adding other embellishments. You record a voice and marry it with a picture, then publish it. Probably a cool thing for younger kids but might be a bit boring for adults.


 * Ideas for Use:** Teachers can use this to add narration to pictures in a blog or in a PowerPoint, which would add a little extra to the presentation. Students could use the tool along with or in lieu of posters, presentations, pamphlets, etc. These could be completed individually or in groups. Older students could maybe create advertisements for a fundraiser placed in the schools website. || Bryan ||
 * Slideroll || http://www.slideroll.com || Slideroll is an online user interface tool that allows you to create slide shows by uploading pictures. Music can be added to the slideshow by choosing one of the included tunes or you can upload your own with the upgraded package. The slideshows can also be converted into videos and posted on Youtube. It requires an online registration to join which is free for the basic package. The upgraded package costs $35.40 for a one-year subscription. Slide shows created can be published and shared on social networks, embedded in websites, and emailed.


 * Ease of Use:** Slideroll is a very user-friendly way to create slideshows with music to go along. After a very simple registration, all you need is pictures to upload and then click and drag into which order you want them to appear. To add music, simply click on the music tab and select what tune you would like to accompany the pictures.


 * Site Support:** There are Help Forum and Community Forum tabs. These tabs lead to several FAQ sections, which are set up like blogs. Users can ask and answer questions they may have in more advanced creations.


 * Appropriate Audience:** Slideroll can be used by all ages. Younger children through senior adults can enjoy creating slideshows of their favorite pictures accompanied by music to share with friends, classmates, and family.


 * Educational Version:** There is no designated education version of Slideroll. However, it can easily be incorporated into a lesson or used by students to add something different into the curriculum.


 * Strengths / Weaknesses:** Strengths are its ease of use. I created a quick slideshow in approximately 10 minutes. There are simple click-by-click instructions with tabs to create your own slideshow with musical background. Weaknesses are that it is a very simple or plain tool for more advanced users. Downloads can take a little bit of time depending on the resolution of the pictures. You cannot download your own music without upgrading.


 * Ideas for Use:** I can see this tool being used more in elementary and middle schools due to the simplicity of the program. Students could put together photos taken as part of an assignment and put together in a slideshow for the class to see. Teachers could also use publicly to present slideshows showing examples of various content pertaining to the topic being discussed. It is essentially another tool to create something different that will capture the student’s attention and keep them engaged. || Bryan ||
 * Zentation || http://www.zentation.com || Zentation is an online presentation tool that combines videos and slideshows. Most common uses are combining YouTube videos with PowerPoint to create an enhanced presentation. To use the site, you must create a login and publicly created presentations are free. If you wish to create a presentation for private or business use only, there is an upgrade fee.
 * Ease of Use:** Creating presentations are quite simple. Upload the video and slideshow and you are able to sync the two according to when you want the pages on the slideshow in relation to the video.


 * Site Support:** There is a FAQ section along with email support where users can submit questions or comments.


 * Appropriate Audience:** Students and adults can use this tool. Probably middle school ages through college and could be a very effective presentation tool for businesses.


 * Educational Version:** There is no dedicated education version. The free version is designed for public use and can utilized by students to create projects.


 * Strengths / Weaknesses:** Strengths are that it is easy to use and free for public use. Most students by the time they are in middle school already know how to create YouTube videos and PowerPoint slides. This tool syncs the two together to create a more effective presentation. The only weakness I can think of would be for more complex presentations. Zentation does not allow for any modifications of the program and is set to sync video to slideshow application only. For what it is, it works better than presenting a slideshow presentation only so for the most part it is a very effective tool that does not require a computer genius to create.


 * Ideas of Use:** Students today are capable of creating PowerPoint and other slides from a young age. I can see using this tool in the classroom as a creative means for students to create a presentation for the class. I can also see teachers using it as well to create a lesson or presentation for the students. It would be especially useful if the teacher was absent and could still conduct the lesson through this application. In science, a teacher could do a lab experiment and provide video of the process being completed while simultaneously listing written directions to correspond. || Bryan ||
 * Empressr || [] || Empressr is an online tool that allows the user to create, share and store presentations.
 * Ease of Use**: Empressr was pretty easy to use. This is better set up then power point having all the properties and other things you normally have to search in file on the right easy to see. It was also to edit and move the text where ever you pleased.
 * Site support**: The site support is there is someone online so you can ask questions and receive a response.
 * Appropriate Audience:** I believe this site is appropriate for all audiences.
 * Educational Version**: This is the educational version.
 * Strengths/weaknesses:** The charts were so simple to fill out with all of the information you wanted. You also had the tools to make the chart right in the program without having to use several different programs. I believe this is a very strong program to use.
 * Ideas for use:** This would be very use full as a teach if there is a time you didn’t get to showing the last few slides to the students, to have them go to the site and look slides that way. As a teacher it has tracker so as to see who looked at the slides and how long. It can be used to make powerpoints and have the class sign in and view everyone's in the class. || Sarah ||
 * Kerpoof || [] || Kerpoof is a site that was made for little children to use in which has fun activates. (artwork, animated movies, stories, ect.)**Ease of Use**: This site is very easy to use. Just set up an account and play the games. This whole site is based on games and exploring. There are no instructions on the site because they want the kids to learn by investigating. They earn coins throughout each click of the mouse, and with this they can buy different things to use on the website in the different games.
 * Site support**: You can contact the site for questions or comments.
 * Appropriate Audience:** Kerpoof is for all ages who want to have fun. On the site they tell you their youngest (they know about) is 2 and oldest is 90.
 * Educational Version**: there is only one version. There is a teacher setting to be used in a classroom so that as a class you can make (example) a video and let everyone in the class see and rate each one.
 * Strengths/weaknesses:** This site is very safe and kid friendly. There is nothing on the site that is not made for children. If by chance something is put on site in the form of a movie or picture that is inappropriate, the site will remove it. The movies are supper easy and fun to make; anyone can do it, they just need a little imagination.
 * Ideas for use:** Kerpoof would be really good to use in kindergarten and even in high school. When writing a short story, they then can create a video that has the dialogue. To make a movie on this site is really fun. There are so many idea and moves you can do, the characters can have a comic strip bubble; you are the director so you decide when, where, how long the character is on the screen, and what they are doing. || Sarah ||
 * Slideshare || [|www.slideshare.net] || Slideshare is a place where you can share presentations and documents you have previously made.**Ease of Use**: it’s so easy. Just make a user account and upload documents, Power Points and share them with others around the world.
 * Site support**: This site has forum of questions and answers if help is needed or you want to know what you can and can’t post.
 * Appropriate Audience:** This is a tough one. This site is made for adults; professionals and educators. So it would not be good for anyone under 18, so it would be good for college students and everything above. You could do it younger, but the site wants the legal guardian to monitor and be responsible for the child, and if a child under 18 has given any personal information, the site should be notified so it can be deleted from their records.
 * Educational Version**: There is only one version and from the information I read about the site, professionals from around the world also use it.
 * Strengths/weaknesses:** There are so many options on the site to make the information public or keep it private. A weakness would be that they want you to be over eighteen, so it is not good for using in a classroom setting.
 * Ideas for use:** This would ideal for doing an assignment that would be about a world event or controversial topic. To be able to put the information and let others learn about the topic from the information you post on the site and to be able to receive information from others who are also interested about the topic makes you feel amazing. This would be useful for teachers to use and share their own teaching materials (PowerPoint) a lot easier. It allows for every user (exceptions are there) to download and modify them for their own work. This site is all about sharing and building off of each other’s projects and growing. || Sarah ||
 * Flickr Linking Notes || http://50ways.wikispaces.com/Flickr+Linking+Notes || Flickr Linking Notes is a tool which allows the user to use a picture as a background and then have information pop up on the screen. It is almost like a pop-up book, or one of those books with the flaps that kids have to lift.
 * Ease of Use:** This seems like a wonderful, simple idea. The actual site is somewhat confusing, I had a few problems with navigating through it to see the examples. There is a lot of potential though, and I think it could be an excellent tool.
 * Site Support-** The site offers some support, but I had to look around a bit to find the information I needed. I am not very good technology, so the issue might be me.
 * Appropriate** **Audience-** It depends if you mean audience or user. If by audience you mean the student then I believe this tool could be great for students of any age. Kindergarten students could use it to learn about the parts of a book (title, author, illustrator, etc.) and a high school student could use it in a biology class if they weren't willing to dissect an an animal.
 * Educational Version-** I did not see an educational version on the site. However, it looks like the tool is already geared towards teachers. There are plenty of suggestions as to how teachers could use it as a resource in the classroom.
 * Strengths-** I feel this website is a great idea, it is very similar to an online pop-up book. Students are able to click areas for an explanation or deeper meaning. But then when they are finished they can close the box. This would help prevent a student from being overwhelmed by too much information on the screen.
 * Weaknesses-**This tool seems excellent but I wish there were more examples, and that the examples on the site showed off more of what you can do with the site. I feel like the tool has so much potential that isn't being used.
 * Ideas:** I have so many ideas for how to use this tool, I just hope I am able to figure it out. One idea is for social studies; the teacher could make a picture of a a map and then explain each building or part of the map using the dialog boxes. As I said above, this could also be used as part of a biology class. The teachers could have a picture of a skeleton and then the students could scroll over each bone to see what the name and purpose of the bone were. || Stacey Wachter ||
 * Flicktion || http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/flicktion || This tool allows you to take a simple photo and make a story about it. The name "Flicktion" indicates that the story is not true but, users have made non-fiction or non-Flicktion stories.
 * Ease of Use-** This is pretty easy to use. There are minimal steps, which makes the site very simple.
 * Site Support-** This tool is part of Flickr. The website help seems to have many different options for help. There are how to instructions which helps.
 * Appropriate Audience-** This website is versatile and could be used for students young and old. The important thing would be to make sure the photos students find or use are age appropriate. It would also be important to set privacy settings so that the whole world would not have access to the students' work.
 * Educational Version-**Like Flickr Linking Notes, there is not a specific educational version of the website.... that I saw.
 * Strengths-** This tool is great because of all the possibilities. I would be interested to see if you can make a book by combining the different pages.
 * Weaknesses-** It would be nice if there were an option to connect a series of photos together to make s story.
 * Ideas-** This would be a great tool to use if you wanted students to write poetry. Students could find a photo that inspires them to write a poem, or they could find a poem which makes them think of a poem they have read before. Students could also use it for reverse, visualization, the students could pick a photograph and write stories or even just bullets about what senses the photo evokes. If you wanted to do a non-fiction version students could write a paragraph with facts about what the photograph is about. For example, I saw photos of Autumn trees. Students could write about fall, why they leaves change, things that happen, fall events, etc. || Stacey Wachter ||
 * ShWwup || http://50ways.wikispaces.com/shwup || This tool allows you to make videos from pictures from various internet sources.


 * Ease of Use-** This tool is not as easy to use as the others. I had trouble finding instructions and none of the examples on the site would load. It is also complicated because you have to take multiple different tools, combine them together and make 1 video.
 * Site Support-** It was difficult to find support on the site. The website is under construction, I do not think technical support is available. The only thing I can tell that works is the link to the muviee website.
 * Appropriate Audience-** The audience would be determined by the song/ or sound effects, as well as the pictures.
 * Educational Version-** not available
 * Strengths-** It is good that there are sounds with this, and that it is moving. This could help make it more appropriate for a younger audience. It is also good that there are different options for uploading photographs.
 * Weaknesses-** While I think this tool could be great, it is hard to use when it is under construction. None of the examples work either making it hard to see what you can do, and I couldn't even find instructions.
 * Ideas-** It is hard for me to think about what my ideas for the tool are when I can't even figure out what the site is about. I think that it could be fun for a teacher to take pictures of students and put it into a song which the students could act out. || Stacey Wachter ||
 * Animoto || http:/animoto.com/ || In this tool the creator can combine photos into a slideshow with a musical background and special effects.
 * Ease of Use-** The website is easy to navigate and seems fairly easy to use. The only thing I would see being troublemsome would be trying to get the music right where you want it to start, and finding a song you want to use.
 * Site Support-** There seems to be some support within the site. Since there are options to buy into more advanced version of the site there is definitely a lot of support. The website is also endorsed by a number of well known media agencies such as ABC, National Geographic, and Bloomsberg Newsweek.
 * Appropriate Audience-** This would be a great way for older students in late middle to high school to use when making presentations. Younger students could use it as well, but it might be a little advanced for elementary students to use without a considerable amount of assistance from a teacher.
 * Educational Version-** There is not an educational version. There is a free version where you can create short, 30 second videos with limited options and then there is a paid version with more options and the ability to make longer videos.
 * Strengths-** There are many strengths to this site. It is user friendly, accessible, and easy to use. The site has many different how to examples, as well as the option to get help from a FAQ, community, and contact us help pages. There is also a version of the program for the iPhone making it easy for users to upload pictures.
 * Weaknesses-** The website is very nice. It is a shame that you have to pay for the more advanced version. Animoto could be a great resource in the classroom but unfortunately, we don't see many examples, and it doesn't seem to be marketed to teachers.
 * Ideas-** As I was looking through the website I began thinking of ideas of how I could use this outside of the classroom, it is a really awesome tool! I think my best idea for using it in the classroom would be as an introduction to students around the world. If my classroom were to start a blog and have a purpose of interacting with students around the world a class could create am introduction video introducing the students in the class. Individual students could also use this to become virtual pen pals, they could use photos to share their story with their virtual pen pal. This tool is so great because even if the students don't speak the same language they can let the photos tell the story, or interesting things about the student. || Stacey Wachter ||

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Kerpoof is a website that allows the user to add animation to create original artwork, movies, stories, and cards. It is used to enhance the learning in a classroom setting because students will have fun using it and will want to do the work next time in order to see their creations in action. [|Daniel Grenier's Screencast on Bubblr]

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Animoto is a program which allows you to combine photographs, clip art, and other visual aids into a slideshow. You are also able to add music and captions. The nice thing about the tool is that there are many presentation format options which help make the slideshow look really nice http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIifeOV4Qz  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.